Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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